On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > On 3/31/2016 11:24 AM, Peter Otten wrote: >> try...except to the rescue: >> >>>>> def get(seq, index, default=None): >> >> ... try: return seq[index] >> ... except IndexError: return default > > > Replace IndexError with (IndexError, KeyError) and the functions works with > any subscriptable that raises either exception.
Or use the superclass of both of those, LookupError, and also catch anything that uses that more generic name as well. -- Zach -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
